Tuning-peg for musical instruments.



No. saws. Patented Aug. I5, |-899.

R. E. MARTIN. TUNINGPEGVFOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,

(Application filed Oct. 28, 1898.) (N 0 M 0 d e I UNITED STATES PATENT.OFFICE.

ROBERT E. MARTIN, OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.

TUNING-PEG FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,1 18, dated August15, 1899.

Application filed October 28, 1898. Serial No. 694,854:- (No model.)

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Ee it known that 1, ROBERT E. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at- A11- napolis, in the county of Anne Arundel and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTuning-Pegs for Musical Instruments; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to musical instruments known as stringedinstrumentssuch as guitars, banjos, inandolins, violins, harps, and thelike-butis not limited thereto in its use, as with slightmodificationsit can be applied to otherstringed instruments, such aspianos and the like, and has especial reference totuning-pegs used onsuchinstruments; and it consists in certain improvements inconstruction, which will be fully disclosed in the followingspecification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective of a musical instrument; Fig. 2, aside elevation of the peg detached and on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3, alike view, partly in section and showing a string in the peg; and Fig.4, a side elevation of the peg on a still larger scale.

Reference being had to the drawings and the letters thereon, A indicatesthe head of a musical instrument; B, the tuning-pegs, to which thestrings C are connected and which pegs are provided with gear a in theusual manner, engaged by a worm, (not shown) for rotating the peg.

For the purpose of securing the string 0 in the peg a transverse andinclined slot a is formed, which terminates in a slightlyenlarged grooveor seat I), on which the string rests when secured by the cam-lever c,which is secured eccentrically in a longitudinal slot (1 by a pin 6, sothat it can swing freelyin the slot and by its cain-face f engage thestring and clamp it to its seat, as shown in Fig. 3, and securely holdthe string in the post.

The lever 0 extends slightly beyond the.

end of the peg to be readily engaged to release the string.

The slot is inclined longitudinally on its rear wall 9 to correspondwith theinelined inner edge or surface h of the lever c, and the slot isof a depth to receive the lever, so that the outer edge of the lever isflush with the periphery of the peg.

The peg thus constructed is inserted in the head of a musicalinstrument, one end of a string inserted in the slot at, drawn down intothe groove 1), and then clamped to its seat by the lever c.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- A tuning-pegprovided with a transverse inclined slot, a transverse groove or seat atthe inner end of the slot and a longitudinal slot in the side thereof;in combination with a lever having a cam, the inner end of which engagesa string, pivotally connected to the peg and secured eccentrically insaid longitudinal slot and the lever extending beyond the outer end ofthe peg.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, ROBERT E. MARTIN. Witnesses:

W. HALLAM CLAUDE, E. O. GANTT.

